trochoid articulation

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• Articulation — As regards the skeleton, an articulation is a joint, an area where two bones are attached for the purpose of motion of body parts. An articulation or joint is usually formed of fibrous connective tissue and cartilage. Joints are grouped according …   Medical dictionary

• trochoid — Revolving; rotating; denoting a revolving or wheel like articulation. [G. trochodes, fr. trochos, wheel, + eidos, resemblance] * * * tro·choid trō .kȯid n PIVOT JOINT * * * tro·choid (troґkoid) [Gr. trochos wheel + oid] resembling a pivot or a… …   Medical dictionary

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• Joint — A joint is the area where two bones are attached for the purpose of motion of body parts. A joint is usually formed of fibrous connective tissue and cartilage. An articulation or an arthrosis is the same as a joint. Joints are grouped according… …   Medical dictionary

• Costovertebral joints — Costovertebral articulations Costovertebral articulations. Anterior view. Costotransverse articulatio …   Wikipedia

• joint — /joynt/, n. 1. the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture. 2. a connection between pieces of wood, metal, or the like, often reinforced with… …   Universalium

• diarthrosis — synovial joint. [G. articulation] * * * di·ar·thro·sis .dī är thrō səs n, pl thro·ses .sēz 1) articulation that permits free movement 2) a freely movable joint called also synovial joint * * * …   Medical dictionary

• pivot joint — n an anatomical articulation that consists of a bony pivot in a ring of bone and ligament (as that of the dens and atlas) and that permits rotatory movement only called also trochoid * * * see trochoid joint * * * articulatio trochoidea …   Medical dictionary